1 Corinthians 6:12 ESV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The inexcusable sin and shame of fornication. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Christianity in relation to the body. "All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient," etc. It would seem that there were those in the Church at Corinth who regarded Christianity as giving them a kind of liberty to do whatsoever they wished. Some of them having left Judaism with its various restraints, and others paganism, which also had restrictions, they were too ready to push the doctrine of religious liberty, as proclaimed by Paul, far beyond its limits. The apostle... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The human body and its relation to Christ. Among the objects about him proper for use and enjoyment—those objects which accorded with his nature and position as a redeemed man—was there anything from which he was excluded? "All things are lawful unto me," and, in this sense, liberty and law are identical, the measure of the one being the measure of the other. If law is of God, so is freedom; if the former is the expression of the Divine will and character, so is the latter; and if man is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Abuse of Christian liberty. It appears that the principle of Christian liberty, "All things are lawful for me," had been greatly abused by some in the Church at Corinth. It was cited in defence of fornication, as well as of eating all kinds of meats. They confounded it with the philosophical maxim that man is the measure for himself; from which they drew the conclusion that the sexual appetite may be gratified in the same indiscriminate way as that of hunger. This pernicious abuse the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12

All things are lawful unto me - The apostle here evidently makes a transition to another subject from that which he had been discussing - a consideration of the propriety of using certain things which had been esteemed lawful. The expression, “all things are lawful,” is to be understood as used by those who palliated certain indulgences, or who vindicated the vices here referred to, and Paul designs to reply to them. His reply follows. He had been reproving them for their vices, and had... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 6:12-14

1 Corinthians 6:12-14. All things That are indifferent in their own nature, and neither commanded nor forbidden; are lawful unto me Or, as some paraphrase the clause, All things which are lawful for you are lawful for me. Since the apostle could not say, in any sense, that absolutely all things were lawful for him, the sentence must be considered as elliptical, and what is wanting to complete it must be supplied, according to the apostle’s manner, from the subsequent verse. But all... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Unlawful sexual freedom (6:12-20)The Corinthians had claimed that since they were not in bondage to laws they could do as they wished. Paul replies that this is not so. Not all things are helpful, and some may lead a person into a new kind of bondage (12).Certain people at Corinth even claimed that just as the stomach needs a constant supply of food to satisfy it, so the body needs unrestrained sexual pleasure for its satisfaction. Paul denies this. The body’s main purpose is not concerned with... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 6:12

unto = to. all things, &c . = not all things are profitable (Greek. sumphero. Compare John 11:50 ; John 16:7 . Acts 20:20 ). for = to. brought under, &c . Greek. pass, of exousiazo, to have authority over. Elsewhere 1 Corinthians 7:4 .Luke 22:25 . of = by. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12

All things are lawful for me; but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me; but I will not be brought under the power of any.CONCERNING FORNICATIONPaul here used a catch phrase which evidently had wide acceptance among the Corinthians. The liberty in Christ which made "all things lawful" was a relative, not an absolute principle; and any notion that the existence of appetites justified their gratification was not true then, or ever. "Some of them were evidently quoting this to... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12

1 Corinthians 6:12. All things are lawful unto me— Are all things lawful for me?—However, all things are not expedient. Are all things lawful for me?—However, I will not be a slave to any. Heylin. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 6:12-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 6:12

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 6:12

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